Everything You Should Know About The Royal Wedding

By Ange Law - 07 May 2018

We’re running out of non-cliché ways to introduce a royal wedding-related article guys but here goes. The wedding of the freaking decade is happening on Saturday 19 May and if you haven’t already got your plans together, it’s definitely time you did. But before you dive headfirst into planning your royal wedding viewing party (we’ll have you covered in this department too, so watch this space) here are a few things you should know.

The important things like how to watch it (vital), who’ll be there (much important) and how much controversy has surrounded the lead up (again, lots). Let’s do this.

First Up, The Royal Wedding is A Very Big Deal

For a number of reasons, the royal wedding is a big freaking deal. It doesn’t take a royalist to know that an American joining Lizzy’s ranks is questionable, but add in the fact she’s a Hollywood actress and (gasp) a divorced woman, and you’ve got yourself a right-royal scandal (see what we did there?). Anyone who’s devoured The Crown and felt reasonably pissed on Princess Margaret’s behalf over poor Peter Townsend will understand this one especially well.

Second, This Is Where Can You Watch The Royal Wedding

If you’re hosting a viewing party at home (because PJs + scones + wedding = ideal) then you’ll be tuning in to Channel Nine on Saturday 19 May at 7pm. It’s expected to kick off officially at 9pm (with coverage starting at 7pm, like we said) but you’d prefer to watch with strangers and fellow royal-lovers, these are all the places in Sydney you can watch the wedding too.

Here's Who’ll Be There

We’ll dive deeper on who we think will be among the 600-odd wedding guests but for now we’ll just say this: Kate and Wills’ fresh bub might be there because we’re thinking enough time has passed since the birth for Louis Arthur Charles to make a cheeky appearance. And if you don’t know they just had a baby, you can just stop reading now.

This Is Where The Royal Wedding Will Take Place

Bucking the Westminster Abbey trend, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are opting for something on the quieter side, marrying at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle instead. It’ll go a little something like this: the wedding will start at 12pm local time (that’s 9pm Sydney time), where the Duke of Windsor will conduct the service (the Archbishop of Canterbury will officiate). Once the ceremony wraps up, there’ll be a carriage procession from St George’s Chapel through Windsor town, returning to Windsor Castle along the Long Walk.

Has There Been Any Controversy In The Lead-Up?

Is that a joke? Ooooh boy, there has been much controversy but most of it revolves around our girl Meg’s bat shit family. While her dad was spotted reading up on the history of England (we’re not over how sweet this is), her brother has gone straight on the attack, writing an open letter to Haz telling him it’s not too late to give his sister the flick then sending it to InTouch magazine. Sounds like a great guy, right? Unsurprisingly, the royals haven’t given it any air yet.

Will There Be Cake?

There will absolutely be cake and while us mere mortals will never get to see/taste/marvel at the creation by Violet Bakery's Claire Ptak, we can only hope it’ll end up on her menu (and that we’ll be able to scrounge up enough dosh to get to London). According to the Kensington Palace Twitter account, the cake will be a lemon elderflower number that incorporates the bright flavours of spring and is (rightly) slathered in buttercream and fresh flowers.

Want to watch the whole thing go down? Here is everywhere that's screening it in Sydney.

Image credit: Toa Heftiba

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By Ange Law

Ange is an out and proud Sydney sider and self-confessed brunch addict who firmly believes in the healing powers of a good strong cup of tea. When she isn’t dreaming up her next adventure, Ange can be found drinking too much coffee or on the hunt for the perfect bircher muesli. To follow her adventures on Instagram, you'll want to check out @angelalaw

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